#A9A425#A9A425

#A9A425 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.139 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A425
RGB	rgb(169, 164, 37)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 78.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, -12.44, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 62.43, 101.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% -0.0411 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.139 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9728, 35.1206, 6.9500)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A425 #252AA9

analogous

#A96225 #A9A425 #6CA925

triadic

#A9A425 #25A9A4 #A425A9

tetradic

#A9A425 #25A962 #252AA9 #A9256C

square

#A9A425 #25A962 #252AA9 #A9256C

split-complementary

#A9A425 #256CA9 #6225A9

monochromatic

#45430F #77731A #A9A425 #D3CD38 #DEDA6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A9A425 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#A9A425 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A425

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A425	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A425	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6998C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a425;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 164, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.139 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6be6b',
    500: '#a9a425',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a425;
$custom-light: #c6be6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a425",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.727,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70128,
    "c": 0.13947,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A425

secondary

#6569C4

accent

#47E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A425

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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